The L Train Coalition received an email inviting us to Riders Alliance’s first meting about the CCP… see below:

“We are excited to announce that the Riders Alliance’s first meeting to inform folks in Brooklyn about the CCP and plan our next steps to make sure we keep the pressure on the DOT and MTA will be happening next week. Here’s all the information:

We will be hard at work over the next few days reaching back out to folks who took our survey, and doing outreach around the L train. If you guys could pass on the information about the meeting to your networks and post it to the coalition website, we would really appreciate it. Let us know if there’s any other information you need. Thanks!

The L Train Coalition leadership team received an email from the Van Alen Institute inviting us to attend their workshop. We’re further sharing that by publishing the workshop information on our website. The details are below

We’re hosting a workshop to explore potential health impacts related to the shutdown of the L Train. Last summer, we held a design competition where designers addressed the service interruption with alternative transit proposals; now, we’re working with students from the Dept of Design & Environmental Analysis at Cornell University to design a “health impact assessment” (HIA) study to (1) identify possible health risks (and, perhaps benefits) of the L-Train shut down and (2) make recommendations aimed at reducing those risks (and, if possible, amplifying benefits), with particular attention to vulnerable populations. Because of the leadership you’ve shown on this issue, and your presence within the community, we’re inviting you to join us for the workshop.

The goal of our workshop is for the HIA team to gain insight from the various stakeholders with respect to the anticipated health impacts of the L-Train shutdown, prioritize impacts, and consider strategies to address the health impacts. The workshop activities will include:

Share perspectives: What does “health” mean to you?

Brief overview presentation: What is HIA? What are the goals of the L-Train Shutdown HIA project?

Small group discussions: What are major impacts of the L-Train shutdown on health (negative + positive)? What’s the scale of these effects? Who is most affected?

We believe your participation would be invaluable to the workshop. And if you could share this event with your membership, we would appreciate it (point of contact is abrown@vanalen.org). If you would like more information about either the event, or Van Alen Institute, please contact me and I’ll be happy to answer any questions.

The following is re-published with permission from Riders Alliance’s email newsletter.

Transit riders are organizing to stand up for our values—and each other.

What do the election results, federal and state, mean for our work on public transit and social justice?

Join us November 30th for a panel discussion with leaders in the field: State Senator Brad Hoylman, advocate Veronica Vanterpool and journalist Dan Rivoli, moderated by Professor Christina Greer.

We’ve expanded our discussion to incorporate the whole story: local, state, and federal policy on transit and topics that affect our members. What will 2017 bring…and what can we do to shape the future?

In 2019, the MTA will conduct a planned 18-month shutdown of L Train service between Brooklyn and Manhattan. However, no concrete plans have been outlined by the agency or City to mitigate the shutdown’s impact. A coalition of local civic organizations, business alliances and transportation advocacy organizations has prepared a draft proposal of potential mitigation efforts. Join us at a forum to learn about the proposal and offer feedback.

Our Coalition is working with partners to identify what new transit options L train riders will need during the shutdown.

But we also need to hear from our local business community. If you are a business owner or manager, we want to know what impacts the L train shutdown will have on your business, employees, and customers. Can you take 2 minutes right now to complete this survey? Will you then forward it other local businesses owners you know?

Your input will inform recommendations to the transit agencies.

The deadline to complete the Proposed L Train Shutdown Business Impact Surveyis 5PM Friday, November 11th Don’t wait – let us know what’s important to you!

As neighborhoods along the L train brace for an interruption in service of unprecedented scale, this fast-paced competition asks interdisciplinary teams to propose implementable interventions that look beyond shuttle buses and private cars.

Understanding what our communities along the L train need is the key to having a successful long-term conversation with the MTA. Our friends at the Riders Alliance have asked us to distribute this survey…we’d love if you took a moment to fill it out.

“We at the Riders Alliance want to hear from the commuters for whom the L is their lifeline. We hope that, in coordination with the Coalition, we can get a better sense of riders’ preferences, needs, and any creative solutions they’ve considered.”